During a terrible storm, all the highway signs were covered with snow. The following spring, the state decided to raise all the signs twelve inches at a cost of six million dollars. ³Thatıs an outrageous price!² said a local farmer, ³but I guess weıre lucky the state handled it instead of the federal government.² ³Whyıs that?²³Because knowing the federal government, theyıd decided to lower the highways.²